A randomised controlled trial evaluation, cost-effectiveness study and process evaluation of a wraparound programme to improve psychosocial outcomes for families whose children at risk of abuse and/or neglect.

Maynooth University0 sites41 target enrollmentJune 3, 2015

ConditionsChild abuse and neglect Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Overview

Phase: 未知
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Child abuse and neglect
Sponsor: Maynooth University
Enrollment: 41
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 5 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

2018 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32002506 (added 03/02/2020)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

June 3, 2015

End Date

December 10, 2018

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Maynooth University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•1\. Participants are parents/caregivers (both genders) of children aged 3\-10 years (both genders) where:
•1\.1\. The child has been identified by a child welfare professional within a collaborating agency (e.g. social work team) as being at risk of abuse or neglect; or
•1\.2\. Where it is known by the social work team that a level of child maltreatment has occurred, but the child is still living within the home (i.e. not placed in state care)
•The child’s level of risk will be judged according to Levels 2 to 4 in line with the guidance contained in the document entitled ‘Thresholds for referral to Tusla Social Work services’. This document is based on the Hardiker model.
•2\. Parents/caregivers must be judged by the social work team to be stable in terms of substance use, domestic violence or mental illness so that they have the capacity to engage for the duration of the intervention
•3\. In cases where families, and particularly high risk families, are on mandatory child protection plans and are allocated to the control group, they must be provided with interim support from their allocated social care leader/key worker until they receive the wraparound intervention. This support may involve usual services such as individual therapy, as well as referral to services that are not part of the ‘core’ wraparound intervention
•4\. Parents/families must be willing and able to attend the services offered
•5\. Parents/families must agree to participate in the research

Exclusion Criteria

•1\. Families who display unstable substance use or mental illness will be excluded as will those who are considered to be unstable due to domestic violence issues
•2\. Families who have had prior exposure to an evidence\-based parenting programme will be excluded